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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 339 OF 08 JULY
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS
TEXTILES: MFA: TRAN
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WHEN THE 113 COMMITTEE (TEXTILES) RECONVENED HERE THIS MORNING TO TAKE FURTHER STOCK OF THE SITUATION ON MFA RENEWAL IN THE LIGHT OF DEVELOPMENTS IN AND IN THE CORRIDORS OF THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE MEETING, TRAN ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAD ASKED TO BE RELIEVED OF HIS RESPONSIBILITES BECAUSE OF THE TOTAL INSUFFICIENCY OF THE HUMAN, TECHNICAL AND MATERIAL RESOURCES AT HIS DISPOSAL. IMPLYING THAT THE SERIES OF CONSULTATIONS FLOWING FROM THE NEW MEASURES APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION (UKREP DRUSSELS TELNOS 4486 AND 4487), WERE IN A WAY THE LAST STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK, TRAN MENTIONED WITH GRATITUDE THAT SIR D MAITLAND HAD INTERVENED THE OTHER DAY WITH MR JENKINS TO ENSURE THAT THE NEW NEGOTIATING TEAM WAS ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED FOR ITS TASKS, BUT THAT THE ANSWER WAS STILL THAT HE MUST MAKE DO WITH THE STAFF AND OTHER RESOURCES ALREADY PLACED AT HIS DISPOSAL.
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TRAN ELABORATED ON HIS PROBLEMS AT A MEETING OF HEADS OF TEXTILES DELEGATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EXPLAINED THAT HE WOULD BE SEEING SIR ROY DENMAN ON MONDAY MORNING TO REQUEST FORMALLY RELEASE FROM HIS MEA RESPONSIBILITES, HIS RESPONSE TO AN ANXIOUS ENQUIRY FROM THE NETHERLANDS WHETHER THE COMMUNITY'S NEGOTIATING PARTNERS MIGHT NOT MISINTERPRET SUCH A RESIGNATION AS BEING
DUE TO THE KIND OF CONFLICT OF CONSCIENCE TO WHICH HE HAD REFERRED IN HIS OPENING ADRESS TO THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE, WAS IN EFFECT QUOTE TOO BAD UNQUOTE. HE WOULD HOWEVER BE PREPARED TO CARRY ON ON AN INTERIM BASIS
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